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Malaysia Airlines to refund cancellations after MH17

Malaysia Airlines said it would offer full refunds to customers who want to cancel their tickets in the wake of…

Islamists mount ‘heaviest’ assault on Libya airport

Islamist militia launched their heaviest assault so far on Libya’s main airport Sunday two days after a truce with the…

Reject PDP’s expired rice, APC tells voters

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of collaborating with the Nigeria Customs Service to…

FG to assist victims’ of Edo flood disaster

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Saturday promised Federal Government’s financial assistance to victims’ of Sunday’s flood disaster in…

Sudan editor severely beaten after call for Israeli ties

Armed men raided the offices of a Sudanese newspaper on Saturday evening and severely beat the chief editor who had…

Ekiti conducts referendum for creation of 18 LGAs

Ekiti State Government on Saturday conducted a state-wide referendum on the creation of 18 local government areas in the state.…

Thousands march for Gaza in London, clashes in Paris

Parts of central London were brought to a standstill on Saturday as thousands of pro-Palestinians marched in protest against Israel’s…

Kidnapped Motor Dealer Pays N4m for freedom

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A motor dealer in Ijebu Ode, Abiodun Olokodana, popularly known as Abbey Motors who was abducted last Tuesday…

PDP Panics As Amaechi Tours Rivers LGA

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has flayed Governor Amaechi’s tour of the 23 local…

46 Palestinians, 2 Israeli troops die as Gaza conflict escalates

Israel’s operation against Hamas saw one of its bloodiest days on Saturday, with 46 Palestinians killed in Gaza and two…

US mother pleads for jailed son as Iran talks extended

The mother of a former US Marine imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges pleaded for President Barack Obama to seek…

Putin ‘must take responsibility’ for crash site access

Vladimir Putin must act to allow access to the Ukranian rebel-held crash site of flight MH17 so bodies can be…

Tinubu will be betrayed in 2015 – Nigerian Witches

The Witches & Wizards Association of Nigeria (WITZAN) has said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be betrayed in 2015 by his…

Iraq president home after 18-month convalescence

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew back to his Kurdish fiefdom of Sulaimaniyah Saturday after more than 18 months in Germany…

Indian police kill Kashmiri teenager in anti-Israel protest

Police shot dead a teenage boy on Saturday in restive Indian Kashmir during a protest against Israel’s military offensive against…

Dutch police collect DNA from MH17 crash victim families

Dutch police on Saturday sent teams to visit relatives of those killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine to…

Hollande visits future French force site in west Africa

President Francois Hollande wrapped up a three-day west African tour on Saturday with a visit to the future headquarters of…

Indian protesters demand arrests in child rape case

Thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday to demand arrests in the case of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped in a school…

Medical doctors’ demands justifiable – Lawmaker

Ajibayo Adeyeye, Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Friday said the ongoing nationwide strike by medical doctors in…

Toll in Gaza hits 337 on day 12 of war

Israeli air strikes and shelling killed more than 25 people across Gaza on Saturday, among them children, raising the toll…

Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq’s Mosul

Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in Mosul Saturday before a jihadist ultimatum threatening their community’s centuries-old presence in…

Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a…

Nine dead, dozens injured in Germany bus crash

At least nine people were killed and 43 hurt on Saturday, police said, as a coach carrying Polish holidaymakers collided…

Online is the future of journalism – Johnson

By Simon Ateba Derwin Johnson, a former American journalist with CNN and ABC News, told Nigerian students on Friday that…

Lawmaker cautions colleagues against removing Al-makura

A lawmaker in Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Othman Bala, has appealed to members not to impeach Governor Umaru…

Stop using youths as thugs, Kwara governor tells politicians

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state urged politicians to shun all forms of violence and refrain from using youths as…

Spanish couple arrested in Colombia baby trafficking case

A Spanish couple was arrested trying to leave Colombia with a five-week-old girl they allegedly bought from her parents, Colombian…

Gowon Estate residents spend N1m to fix roads

Gowon Estate Community Development Association on Friday said that it had spent about one million naira to fix roads in…

Oga Bello To Mark 50 Yrs On Stage

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Veteran actor Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello, is planning big to commemorate his 50 years in…

Robbers Shoot Alariwo

Veteran musician, Rotimi Goziem Martins, popularly known as Alariwo of Africa, is full of thanks to God after he posted…